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After Team India levelled the three-match T20I series against Australia in Nagpur, the action moved to Hyderabad where both the teams are engaging in the final match of the bilateral contest at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Australian openers started the innings with a blitz start after Rohit Sharma invited visitors to bat first in the series-decider. Opener Cameron Green showed no mercy to the Indian bowlers as he propelled the Men in Yellow to 40 in 3 overs. The 23-year-old had scored 37 off 15 deliveries while Aaron Finch was watching from the other end before Axar Patel dismissed him at 7 off 6 balls in the 3.3 overs.
However, Cameron Green who was in no mood to spare Indian bowlers and had already scored 52 off just 21 deliveries with the help of three sixes and seven boundaries, before dismissed by the experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the 5th over.
The dismissal of both the openers brought the onus on middle-order batter Glenn Maxwell, who remained cold in the tour. But, Maxwell's poor stint in India continued even in the last game as he was hunted down by Indian off-spinner Axar Patel's incredible direct hit in the 8th over.
After Maxwell swiveled across to pull Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar grabbed the ball in no time at the square leg and dislodged the stumps with a direct hit. But the dismissal caused massive confusion in the middle as the Dinesh Karthik, who was behind the wickets with keeping gloves had already dislodged one of the bails, but when third umpire took a close look the other bail broke when the ball hit the stumps.
Maxwell was short of the crease and hence, took the hard walk towards the dressing room. While Maxwell looked miffed with himself, DK took a sigh of relief.